Wordless Wednesday: The love of my life

Although my boyfriend is probably the biggest goofball you will ever met, I love this man to death. He makes me so happy and I love how I can just be myself whenever I'm around him.

Tyrel Farley, I love you.

Weekend getaway!

My boyfriend and I spent the last weekend camping. It's been awhile since I've gone camping and it was a much needed and very relaxing weekend. I love the beach. It was so nice falling asleep to the soothing sounds of the oceans waves (with the occasional car from the highway) and then waking up to the sun shining and birds chirping.

The tent we stayed in was kind of small, a little smaller then what I'm use to, but we managed. The first night wasn't very conformable because we found a huge hole in our air mattress which meant sleeping on the hard ground with a tree root digging into our backs. The next day we went to Walmart and bought a new one so the second night we slept much better :)

My favorite part about going to the beach, is watching the sunset. If there is just the right amount of clouds, and the sun goes down at the right time, it makes for a gorgeous view!

Everyday we walked on the beach, and while doing that we discovered some cool sand castles that I wanted to share

This last one was actually created by Ty, just by walking on the beach :)

It was a great weekend and the weather was absolutely beautiful

My dorky boyfriend. I love this man!

Looks like I'm moving... yet again

Well Tyrel and I were approved for our apartment!

On Monday, we turned in our reservation fee which will go towards our deposit later. The move in date is September 16th.

As much as I'm not looking forward to moving again, it will be nice for me and Tyrel to have our own place. The next step in our relationship. A place to call my own once again.

In other news, we are pretty sure there is no one currently living in it but they gave us the 16th because they don't know how long it will take to clean, so it could be ready sooner!

RIP Cunha

Well yesterday was a sad day for me and my family. After almost 2 months of struggling with paralysis, I'm happy to say that Cunha is no longer suffering. He is no longer paralyzed and can run around as much as possible, chasing squirrels, deer and playing with cats. He is happy. And although we will no longer have someone to greet us at the door, someone to take on walks and hiking adventures, someone to play with, or someone to lay on your lap and take a little snooze I know that he is in a better place.

As we were driving to the vet, Cunha sat up front, with his head out the window, for one last time. I started to think to myself that this was it, I had to say good-bye to a wonderful friend of mine. The procedure happened and then he just layed there. I began to think if this was a good idea. If we had made the right decision. Then I heard the horrible two words come out of the vets mouth. "He's Gone." I then instantly felt a sense of guilt. Was it selfish of us to say good-bye? Are we bad people for doing this?? My mom reassured me. I feel this back legs, they are nothing but bones. All his muscle mass is gone. I can feel his hip bones. There are sores all over his butt and stomach area that could suffer from infection. Because he has no control over his bladder, we have to drain his bladder every 2 hours. In order for him to be in the house, he would need to wear doggie diapers. Even if there is some hope of him being able to walk again, we don't know how long it will take. It would be selfish of us to keep him alive and continue to live like this.

I start to feel better, and realize what we did was a good decision. I think about his quality life and think about how much he hated staying confined to his little box. How much he hated staying in the kitchen so he had limited amount of moving. He was not happy. I knew in my heart that Cunha did not want to live like this the rest of his life.

Goodbye Cunha. I'm going to miss you so much, but I know that you are in a better place. Rest in Peace

Home sweet home

I really hate moving. Yet it seems like I've been doing it all my life. Thinking back to my childhood I've moved 9 different times that I could remember, 6 of those times being in Corvallis. Granted when I was growing up I usually wasn't the one doing all the moving, but I remember packing everything up in boxes, moving, unpack and then 2 to 3 years later move again.

In my adult years I've moved 6 different times and then plan on moving again in September. As much I want to move in with Tyrel, I can tell you I'm not looking forward to moving for the 7th time... I'm hoping this will be the last time I move in a LONG time. I still have boxes currently in my closet and storage closet that were never unpacked. Constantly moving makes me feel less at home. My hope when I finally do move I will unpack all my boxes, and get rid of stuff I no longer use, and buy stuff to make my apartment feel more like home.

Too bad moving isn't this easy

Wordless Wednesday: Being goofy

While at the lake, I got a little bored and started messing with some of the camera settings I have on my computer. So for your entertainment, here are some goofy pictures

Pictures from the lake

Now that I'm home and have proper working internet, I can upload my pictures I have taken from the lake. There are a lot of them, so here is a preview of what is yet to come

Vacation: Sunny days and cold drink

Tuesday and Wednesday we spent our time on the lake. We took my grandpa's boat, packed the cooler full of snacks and drinks, piled everyone on the boat, and headed to the dock. It's a private that we had special permission to use. We spent the entire time tubing. So much fun. I ended up hurting my back the first day so I wasn't able to spend too much time on the lake, but still had fun hanging out and watching other people. Luckily my back got better the next day and was able to spend more time tubing.

I would upload some pictures, but the cabin site's internet wont let me! :(

After an afternoon on the lake, we come in, have some dinner, socialize and play games. The games can get pretty intense considering my family is a bunch of goofballs!

There are other things to do at the lake as well. Yesterday we rode the go-carts, played mini golf (the resort just built a brand new golf course!) and hopefully tomorrow we will go on the tram to the mountain.

Well that's all for now. I wont be able to post any photos until I get home tomorrow, so I will just do a big post then. Hope everyone is enjoying there time in Corvallis!

Wordless Wednesday: Sites of Eastern Oregon

There may be nothing out here, but it sure is pretty

Vacation: Road trip to Eastern Oregon

After much anticipation Tyrel and I are finally on vacation. We left early Sunday morning to begin the long drive to good old Eastern Oregon. Of course along the way we made some stops. I had my first IKEA experience. Wow is that place huge! Afterwards we had to get a burrito at Taco Del Mar. Ever since the one in Corvallis was shut down like 3 years ago, Tyrel has been on the search for an open one. All the ones we have been too were shut down, but he finally got his fix after IKEA :) We also stopped in The Dalles at a little diner called Cousins. A very friendly little place and really good food. All for a very reasonable price.

Mt. Hoood!

Later down the road we made some stops at view points. There isn’t much to look at in Eastern Oregon but it’s still really pretty. We arrived at La Grande, just short of dinner time.

We arrived at Wallowa Lake yesterday and are going to be here until Saturday. There is no cell phone service and very limited internet access so I don’t think I will be on very much.

Anyway I'm off for a fun filled day of adventure!